Chapter 4 - Head to Toe (and all parts in between)

Question 1

barrel

Answer 1

capacity of the chest or trunk

Question 2

bars

Answer 2

raised V-shaped structure on distal surface of hoof

Question 3

cannon bone

Answer 3

third metacarpal of the horse

Question 4

cheek

Answer 4

fleshy portion of either side of the face

Question 5

chest

Answer 5

part of the body between the neck and abdomen

Question 6

chestnuts

Answer 6

horny irregular growths on the medial surface of the equine leg

Question 7

coffin joint

Answer 7

distal interphalangeal joint in ungulates

Question 8

corners

Answer 8

third incisors of equine

Question 9

coronary band

Answer 9

junction between the skin and the horn of the hoof

Question 10

crest

Answer 10

root of the mane

Question 11

croup

Answer 11

muscular area around and above the tail base

Question 12

cutters

Answer 12

second incisors of equine

Question 13

dock

Answer 13

solid part of the equine tail

Question 14

elbow

Answer 14

forelimb joint formed by distal humerus

Question 15

ergot

Answer 15

small keratinized mass of horn in a small bunch of hair on the palmer or plantar aspects of the equine fetlock

Question 16

fetlock

Answer 16

area of the limb between the pastern and the cannon

Question 17

fetlock joint

Answer 17

metacarpophalangeal and metatarsophalangeal joint

Question 18

flank

Answer 18

side of the body between the ribs and illium

Question 19

forelock

Answer 19

in maned animals, the most cranial part of he mane hanging down between the ears and onto the forehead

Question 20

frog

Answer 20

V-shaped pad of soft horn between the bars on the sole of the equine hoof

Question 21

gaskin

Answer 21

muscular portion of the hindlimb between the stifle and hock

Question 22

heart girth

Answer 22

circumference of the chest just caudal to the shoulders and cranial to the back

Question 23

heel

Answer 23

caudal region of the hoof that has an area of soft tissue called the bulb

Question 24

hock

Answer 24

tarsal joint

Question 25

hoof

Answer 25

hard covering of the digit in ungulates

Question 26

hoof wall

Answer 26

hard, horny outer layer of the covering of the digit in ungulates

Question 27

knee

Answer 27

carpus in ungulates

Question 28

loin

Answer 28

lumbar region of the back between the thorax and pelvis

Question 29

mane

Answer 29

region of long, coarse hair at the dorsal border of the neck and terminating at the poll

Question 30

muzzle

Answer 30

two nostrils and the muscles of the upper and lower lip

Question 31

nippers

Answer 31

central incisors of equine

Question 32

paralumbar fossa

Answer 32

hollow area of the flank whose boundaries are the transverse processes of the lumbar vertebrae, the last rib, and the thigh muscles

Question 33

pastern

Answer 33

area of the limb between the fetlock and hoof

Question 34

pastern joint

Answer 34

proximal interphalangeal joint in ungulates.

Question 35

poll

Answer 35

top of the head

Question 36

quarter

Answer 36

lateral or medial side of the hoof

Question 37

shoulder

Answer 37

region around the large joint between the humerus and scapula

Question 38

sole

Answer 38

palmer or plantar surface of the hoof; irregular crescent-shaped bottom of hoof

Question 39

stifle joint

Answer 39

femorotibial and femoropatellar joint in quadrupeds

Question 40

tail

Answer 40

caudal part of the vertebral column extending beyond the trunk

Question 41

tail head

Answer 41

base of the tail where it connects to the body

Question 42

teat

Answer 42

nipple of mammary gland

Question 43

toe

Answer 43

cranial side of the hoof

Question 44

udder

Answer 44

mammary gland

Question 45

white line

Answer 45

fusion between the wall and sole of the hoof

Question 46

withers

Answer 46

region over the dorsum where the neck joins the thorax and where the dorsal margins of the scapula lie just below the skin

Question 47

brisket

Answer 47

mass of connective tissue, muscle, and fat covering the cranioventral part of the the ruminant chest between the forelegs

Question 48

dewclaw

Answer 48

accessory claw of the ruminant foot that projects caudally from the fetlock

Question 49

dewlap

Answer 49

loose skin under the throat and neck which may become pendulous in some breeds

Question 50

forearm

Answer 50

part of the foreleg supported by the radius and ulna

Question 51

forehead

Answer 51

region of the head between the eyes and ears

Question 52

hooks

Answer 52

protrusion of the wing of the ilium on the dorsolateral area of ruminants

Question 53

pedal

Answer 53

pertaining to the foot

Question 54

pins

Answer 54

protrusion of the ischium bones just lateral to the base of the tail in ruminants

Question 55

switch

Answer 55

tuft of hair at the end of the tail

Question 56

chine

Answer 56

thoracic region of the back

Question 57

horn butt

Answer 57

poll region between the eyes and ears of previous horn growth

Question 58

rump

Answer 58

sacral to tail head region of the back

Question 59

wattle

Answer 59

appendages suspended from the head

Question 60

ham

Answer 60

musculature of the upper thigh

Question 61

jowl

Answer 61

external throat, especially when fat or loose skin is present

Question 62

snout

Answer 62

upper lip and apex of the nose of swine

Question 63

chin

Answer 63

rostroventral protrusion of the mandible

Question 64

pinna

Answer 64

projecting part of the ear lying outside the head